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Plant Based Foods And Beverages · 0038000232589

apple jacks caramel

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 3 additives of concern.

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Gluten
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 27 May 2025

Why it's rated this way

3 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Sunset yellow FCFHigh concernSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
    Regulatory basis
    Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
    How sure we are
    High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.
  2. Allura red ACHigh concernSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
    Regulatory basis
    Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
    How sure we are
    High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.
  3. Ammonia caramelModerate concernCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    Regulatory basis
    Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
    How sure we are
    High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • Sugar51.6%No flag›
  • Corn flour blend24.2%No flag
  • Whole grain yellow com flour12.1%No flag
  • Degerminated yellow corn flour12.1%No flag
  • Wheat flour12.1%No flag›
  • Wholemeal oat flour6.1%No flag
  • Contains 2% and less of oat fiber3%No flag
  • Salt1.5%No flag›
  • Vegetable oil0.8%No flag›
  • Coconut0.4%No flag›
  • Soya bean0.2%No flag›
  • Cottonseed0.2%No flag›
  • Soluble corn fiber0.4%No flag
  • Yellow corn flour0.2%No flag
  • Wheat starch<0.1%No flag›
  • Dried apple<0.1%No flag
  • Apple juice<0.1%No flag›
  • Natural flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Red 40 · E129High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • Caramel color · E150aNo flag
  • Yellow 6 · E110High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • E500iiNo flag
  • Annatto extract colorNo flag
  • Bht for freshnessNo flag
  • VitaminsNo flag›
  • MineralsNo flag
  • Reduced ironNo flag›
  • Niacinamide · E375No flag
  • Vitamin beNo flag›
  • Pyridoxine hydrochlorideNo flag›
  • Vitamin b2 · E101No flag
  • Riboflavin · E101No flag
  • VitaminsNo flag›
  • ThiaminNo flag›
  • Thiamin hydrochlorideNo flag›
  • Folic acidNo flag›
  • VitaminsNo flag›
  • CholecalciferolNo flag›
  • Vitamin b12No flag›
  • IngredientsNo flag
  • Ammonia caramel (E150C)Moderate

    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.

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sugar, corn flour blend (whole grain yellow com flour, degerminated yellow corn flour), wheat flour, whole grain oat flour, contains 2% or less of oat fiber, salt, vegetable oil (hydrogenated coconut, soybean and/or cottonseed), soluble corn fiber, yellow corn flour, wheat starch, dried apples, apple juice concentrate, natural flavor, red 40, caramel color, yellow 6, baking soda, annatto extract color, bht for freshness. vitamins and minerals: reduced iron, niacinamide, vitamin be (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin b2 (riboflavin), vitamin b1 (thiamin hydrochloride), folic acid, vitamin d3, vitamin b12 - contains wheat ingredients.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Gluten, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 27 May 2025

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Sunset yellow FCFSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
  • Allura red ACSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
  • Ammonia caramelCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 high · 3 moderate · 1 minor · 2 low · 5 not assessed

5 of 12 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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